Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,823 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

Annie E. Brown
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Annie E. Brown (1862-1918)
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Motown Records
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Matthew Augustus Zimmerman Jr. (1941– )
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Adrienne C. Nelson (1967- )

Explore Global African History

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Tacky’s War (1760-1761)
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Michaelle Jean (1957- )
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Sistema de Castas (1500s-ca. 1829)
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Luanda, Angola (1576- )

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

Africa in 1595 as known to Italian explorers and cartographers
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Africa and Africans in the Imagination of Renaissance Italians (1450-1630)
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Telling Secrets, Spying Freedom: A Novel Account of Mary Bowser’s Civil War Espionage
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An American Family’s Multigenerational Rise from Slavery to Harvard University
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African America’s First Protest Meeting: Black Philadelphians Reject the American Colonization Society Plans for Their Resettlem

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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Job Opportunities With BlackPast.org

11/26/2021 – Executive Director – Seattle, Washington